Greetings from Texas, home of 90-degrees Octobers! Just wanted to send a quick update. It's hard to believe the last three plus months have gone by so fast. I'm in my last week of fire school----LIVE FIRE BURNS. This is what we've worked up to. I don't have a lot of good photos, but these two should suffice for now. One is of a car on fire (I think KFD bought it from John the pastor). There may not be much visible flame, but trust me, the car was burning. In case you're wondering, all of the props we burn have propane pipes running under them that we use for the fire. Anyway, in the pic of the car, I am the one holding the nozzle. In the other photo, I took it because it shows some of the strange behavior of fire. In this one, the nozzleman has the stream as wide as possible, which creates a barrier to keep the fire away. The third person on the line then crawls around to the front, reaches up, and shuts off a valve to stop the supply of gas. The rest of the week should be fun as well, as we'll spend one day in a metal "burn building," where we put out fires of burning hay, and one night putting out fires. If I get some good shots of those, I'll post those as well.

Jennifer is doing great. After a very stressful Homecoming week a few weeks ago, she has recovered and is back in her normal routine. She also ran in, and finished, her first 5K last Saturday. We had other friends running with her, which helped out a lot. Now if only her husband would join her... We hope all of you are having a great fall season so far! Take care.

Jared